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"One Beautiful Evening"
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album _Life On A String_
(Laurie Anderson, 2001)
written by Laurie Anderson
Lou Reed: guitar
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One beautiful evening
in the Garden of Eden
A snake came walking in the twilight
He was leaning on his ivory cane
And he said
Let me tell you a little secret about life
There's a certain sharpness
to a knife
or a diamond
Come here
Watch it glitter
Oh, it's another blue day
in a nowhere place
We're singing hey-hey, nonny-nay
I'm a little teapot
short and stout
Tip me over
and pour me out
You know when the Egyptians
built their steam trains
They didn't have any fuel to burn
no wood, no trees anywhere
But what they did have a lot of
was old mummy rags
lying around
So they gathered up all the rages
and they burned them in their trains
Yeah, they burned their ancestors
for fuel
Ooohhh, I'm a crocodile
floating down the river
I'm a tree catching my own oranges
as they fall from my head
I'm a little teapot
short and stout
Tip me over
and pour me out
And hello to all the people who sent me on the way
A pat on the back, have fun, it's your moment now
It's your turn to walk along the runway road
And me?
I sent my better self on ahead
Your attention, please
It's like at the end of the play
and all the actors come out
and they line up and they look at you
And horrible things have happened to them during the play
and they stand there
while you clap
and now what?
What happens next?
And the fire dies
and there were furious winds
where we went
We're singing hey-hey, nonny-nay
We're singing hey-hey, nonny-nay
It's another blue day
in a nowhere place
We're singing hey-hey, nonny-nay
I'm a little teapot
short and stout
Tip me over
and pour me out
Oh beauty in all its forms
funny how hatred can also be a beautiful thing
When it's as sharp as a knife
as hard as a diamond
Perfect
{C#m}{C#m}{C#m}{C#m}
.... repeat {C#m} chord to the end
* Lou Reed: guitar riff
{C#m} {C#m}
1e ---------------------------------------
2B ---------------------------------------
3G ---------------------x-4b6r4-b6r4b6r4-- ...
4D ---------------------------------------
5A ---------------------------------------
6E ---------------------------------------
*** please note ***
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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